The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

The tossing people in Yuqing Palace turned their backs on their backs, and finally dared to collect a full set of battle armor before the martial arts exam was released. Li Dahai didn't end up again, because he was sure to win in the formation of troops, and he couldn't write military tactics, so it would be meaningless to continue the exam .The important task of honoring ancestors by imperial examinations can only be placed on the next generation of General Li, and he still decided to return to the sea to shine.

Li Dahai's words reminded Ning Shan, and she suddenly remembered the disadvantage of many warriors who could not write. Ning Shan was annoyed and only filmed the dragon case, lamenting that there are few people like him who are both civil and military. On the one hand, he urgently ordered the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of War to enter the palace, and turned on the lights all night to change the questions, and changed the policy theory that was originally to be tested in the third round to silently writing a paragraph from "The Seven Books of Wu Jing" as required. We are not illiterate.However, the examination of war strategy and tactics was changed to oral, which was recorded on the spot by the Shuji who were selected by the Hanlin Academy.

The front and back palaces were all in a hurry, and the first martial arts competition finally came to a successful conclusion.In addition to the leaders of the top three, four other top two and 11 top three were selected, making a total of [-] Wu Jinshi.The numbers are very auspicious, although Ning Shan didn't intend to consider this factor.

Compared with Wenju, the number of Wu Jinshi is so small that it makes people cry.But Ning Shan was extremely satisfied. The selection of generals should have followed the principle of "Ning Que" and "Ning Que", not to mention that the selection of talents in the martial arts examination is not as good as the level of Wenju. Turbulence, many things in one fell swoop.

The successful completion of the martial arts made the Minister of the Ministry of War excited and excited. As soon as he went to court the next day, he couldn't wait to ask the emperor for the canonization of the three tripods. Before he could answer, he was worried about how to arrange the second and third. They and the civil servants failed to reach an agreement on the inauguration of Jinshi in the military examination.

Ning Shan also knew that she must not fall by the wayside at this time, causing rifts between civil and military forces to arise, so she bypassed sensitive issues, and first proposed how to appease and motivate those who were not elected. "" May as well pay the travel expenses home according to the distance, which is also the meaning of encouraging them to take the exam again in the coming year.How does His Majesty feel? "

As soon as Ning Shan was about to agree, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites popped up and said indignantly, "Those who fail in literary examinations will never be treated like this. Is it unfair to only reward those who fail in martial arts?" Ning Shan felt a headache when she heard this, and swallowed decisively If he was ready to agree, he planned to ask the Ministry of War to refute it.

Unexpectedly, no one in the Ministry of War expressed any opinion. Instead, the old god of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance said: "Anyway, it means the same thing, as many as ten taels, and as few as four or five taels. Besides, it is the first session after all, and there are not many people. Idea money, less than a month's salary, why be stingy?"

The Minister of Rites insisted that Qingshan would not relax: "It's not a matter of more money or less, the key is that once this precedent is set, civil and military injustice will be established." Minister of the Ministry of Punishment followed suit. What's more, he is also a literati, so of course he will not turn to a warrior.

Still no one from the Ministry of War spoke up, but judging by his expression, he definitely did not seem to agree with the opinion of the Minister of Rites. The Minister of the Ministry of Households was the oldest and most qualified. We have to pay the toll.

The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry just watched without saying a word. The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War wanted to open his mouth twice, but was stepped back quietly by Lord Shang Shu, so he had to keep his mouth shut and join the ranks of onlookers.

Ning Shan waved her hand to stop the quarrel, and gave a compromise proposal: "The reward can be given out, but not in the name of travel expenses. If you think of another name, the matter will be handled by the Ministry of Rites." Yes, the Ministry of Households will pay the money, and you have been yelling that it is unfair for me to emphasize martial arts and despise literature. If there are really unrecoverable ones, pushing them to rebuild will also bring some benefits to the Wenju students. Do you think this is fair?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "On behalf of the students of the world, I am grateful to Your Majesty for your majesty's kindness." I will not mention civil and military injustice anymore.

After receiving the order, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry turned around and asked the Ministry of Households for money. The Minister of the Ministry of Households didn't care about small money, but he was strict with large sums of money. When he heard that the tribute courtyard was going to be rebuilt, he immediately rolled out a piece of paper in his mind and added and subtracted it. , the heart trembled with distress, and immediately lost the kindness to seek welfare for the martial arts scholars, and his old face was wrinkled and twitched like steamed stuffed buns earlier. I'm ashamed to ask for money.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households have filed a lawsuit over the money, and the Ministry of Rites is embarrassed to argue any more. The Ministry of Officials has made up its mind to carry out the observation to the end, so the remaining ministers of the Ministry of War are still tirelessly raising various questions, and now they are starting to discuss winning again How should people be allocated.

Regarding this point, Ning Shan is actually quite a headache. The 18 people selected are all excellent in martial arts, and they are all familiar with the art of war. They also have something to say when talking about war strategies, but after all, they are just talking on paper. He still can't rest assured that he will be a middle-level general in the military camp, but if the salary is too low, it will not be easy to inspire the wind of learning martial arts.However, if they were all included in the guard camp, it would be against the original intention, and it would be really difficult to have both.

After thinking for a while, Ning Shan hesitated and said, "Go to the Ministry of War to register first, and also ask about your personal ambitions. If you have any ideas, make arrangements as long as it suits you. If you have nothing to pay attention to, then go to the suburbs of Beijing. If there are any vacancies in the battalions, they will be sent there to practice for a year or two. If anyone wants to return to their hometown, they can also issue a certificate so that they can serve in the provincial military camp."

The ministers didn't have any good ideas, so they had to decide first.So she retired from the imperial court, Ning Shan left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and went to Qianqing Palace to review the memorials while waiting for Li Dahai to enter the palace to say goodbye - he has been in Beijing for a while, and he has reported everything that should be reported, and Yingchun in the harem also gave rewards Everything is ready, let him go back to the sea.

Li Dahai's arrival was not slow, but it was still later than Ning Shan's expectation: "Why did you come so late? I was thinking about rewarding you with another royal banquet, what did you do, and you came after dinner time? "

Li Dahai smiled honestly: "I went to have a look at those martial arts brothers. We had a fight together that day, and we didn't know each other. I heard that some of the failed ones were going back to their hometowns, so I went to give them away." Jaw-dropping: This must be regarded as buying people's hearts and running the party for personal gain!But squinting at the emperor, I suddenly felt that I was thinking too much, and he didn't mind at all.

Ning Shan didn't mind and said with a smile: "If I knew you were gone, I might as well have entrusted you with the reward money, and saved the etiquette department from having to rack their brains to come up with a name."

Li Dahai didn't understand, so he grinned and continued according to his own wishes: "Those brothers are all honest people, and it's much easier for the general to chat with them than those officials who came from heaven. It's a pity that we can't It would be a pleasure to bring them to the camp, or go to battle to kill the enemy together."

Ning Shan said: "Why, do you have a candidate?" Ning Shan remembered that during the martial arts test, she only focused on riding and archery, but forgot to test Fushui, so she must remember to add it in the next session.

Li Dahai said: "There is no particular candidate, but I saw a few brothers with good skills and good water skills. If they can be directly recruited into the camp, it will be much faster than training recruits who are recruited. Your Majesty doesn't know, After you ascended the throne, the number of soldiers who came to join the army increased day by day, but many of them were landlubbers, and it took a lot of time to practice water skills. What do you think they did when they came to join the water barracks? How about going to the infantry camp? .”

Ning Shan's heart moved: "You said that the people taking the test in this subject are proficient in water skills?" This is really strange. Since ancient times, the south is weak and the north is strong. There are many fewer people than in the south.

Li Dahai scratched his head: "That's right, several brothers' water skills are not inferior to the fishermen on the seashore, and some of them are only good at swimming and not very flexible, but they are much better than the complete landlubbers."

Ning Shan hurriedly asked: "Did you see them go into the water with your own eyes?"

Li Dahai said: "Isn't that right? Brother Yun's family dug a big pond, and the general invited many brothers to drink at the house. Some people fell into the water drunk, and before the general came to save him, he jumped up and floated up. Brother Wu Zhuangyuan flew into the water, but he was lifted to the shore in the blink of an eye. Afterwards, everyone was drunk, feeling hot and thirsty for coolness, and half of them fell into the water. "Yunhai insisted on digging a big pond in the allocated house at the beginning, but he didn't plant lotus and lotus pods in order to have a place to swim in Beijing. He grew up near the estuary of the Yangtze River since childhood The sea was thrashing round and round, and keeping him out of the water was like keeping a drunkard from drinking.

Ning Shan clapped her hands and smiled: "I just don't know how to arrange it, Hai Hai, you have to run again and ask those who have been captured, if they are willing to enter the water barracks to help you? Those who are not ranked, if they are willing to go to the barracks , I will give extra titles to military examiners to ensure that they will have an official rank at the lowest level when they enter the camp. If they want to take the exam again in the future, they can skip the provincial exam and go directly to the capital exam and palace exam." There are also vacancies for the school lieutenants who are proficient in both Chinese and martial arts. The quality of this batch of scholars is really good, even if they are not ranked, it is more than enough to be a small school.For the remaining deficiencies, practice slowly, no one is born to be a god of war.

Li Dahai said with a smile: "That's a good thing, the last general can get it... Well, how should I say it... Yes, talent, I got a talent."

Ning Shan hurriedly said: "Don't rush back to guard the border, and stay in Beijing for a few more days, and see who among those people is suitable and willing to go to the sea, and recruit them for me to be good students and train them to be the mainstay in the future."

Li Dahai said solemnly: "The last general will obey the holy edict."